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The boy left naked except for scraps of underwear. the medical examiner would testify geter apparently had been killed by, quote, a choke hold around the neck, a forearm across the neck. its a question well have reason to ask wayne williams by the end of all of this. its actually a very simple question. can you kill someone with a choke hold? and when you were 19 years old -- >> you probably could. you probably could under the right circumstances. >> i know for a fact i could not. when we retu...

Possibly face a polygraph test if he chooses to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. he must also waive all medical confidentiality and turn over the names of any doctors and psychologists who treated him. holmes is accused of killing 12 people during a movie screening last summer. southern california rattled by more than 100 aftershocks after getting hit with its most powerful earthquake in three years. seismologists say yesterdays tremor hit an unusually wide area and even rocked a tennis...

Hours after another green on blue attack. the colorado movie massacre suspect headed to court today. if he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity the 25-year-old could be given a truth serum and polygraph test to prove hes not mentally fit to stand trial. a crash that killed some in ohio was stolen. family members gathered for service in warren, ohio. >> we hit the whao*el and i got knocked unconscience. it was upside down. i hit my head on the dash board and flew to the back seat where eve...

Will cut $4.6 trillion from the federal debt while balancing the budget in the next ten years. "the wall street journal," ryan calls for increased oil drilling, the repeal of president obamas health care reforms, and overhaul of medicare and the welfare system and rewriting the tax code so just two tax brackets exist at 10% and 25%. this as president obama begins a three-day capitol hill charm offensive. the president meets with senate democrats today. house republicans tomorrow. and senate repu...

Kandahar. no survivors. initial reports show no enemy activity at that time. the crash happening just hours after another green on blue attack. two u.s. special ops killed in an insider attack, making it the deadliest day in afghanistan this year. truth serum may be on tap for james holmes, the colorado massacre suspect headed to court. if euploids not guilty -- pleads not guilty, he can be given a truth serum and a polygraph test to prove hes not mentally fit to stand trial. holmes charged wi...

>> yeah. that will start making you sweat im sure. >> absolutely. >> real quick here. is it legal? i mean, can they do that? do they need to get over any legal hurdles to hook up to the machine? >> no. its totally legal if you use it as a condition of employment. thats what a lot of departments are doing now. i would say the majority of police departments now when theyre hiring new recruits, they give them a polygraph test and its totally legal. >> all right. mike, thanks. >> all right. >> appre...

The police chief said having the test is discouraging some people from applying when they learn 37 to take the test. they turn and go out the door. police departments around the country often use polygraphs to ask about drug use or past criminal activity. this appears to be the first time it has been used to deal with quote/unquote racism. should milkants be subjected to a polygraph test to determine if they are racists? considering what the polygraph says about all of this. what does your gut t...

Decisions, tough tradeoffs regarding the budget. >> and that day will come very soon, mark. you can bet that. thank you very much. great analysis today. coming up, a race to the right? some republicans expressing concerns about candidates costing them statewide races. last election it was todd aiken and richard murdoch. now it could be emerging in georgia. and can a polygraph test prove whether you are a racist? the police chief of a small tennessee town says he thinks the polygraph would help...

Terms of law enforcement. >> so this is happening just in coopertown. would you recommend any other department or municipality to do polygraphs on potential officers? >> i would. if it will save the department from hiring one bad person or one bad officer, it will save them a lot in the long run. as a police officer or even a police department, its real easy to get a bad repetition. once you do that, its hard to overcome. this right here is one avenue to keep from something like that happening. ...

Why did you feel it was necessary -- i read that you had an incident. someone called someone a racial slur. but why did you feel the need to put in place a polygraph test? >> well, when i came in, i took one myself. and i saw from my examination that if i had any hidden agendas or bad thoughts or anything like that that it would have came out. so not being from that area originally, i felt that it was -- it would help me to select people to be police officers. the town has had enough bad happen ...